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so let's talk about guantanamo. the military commissions are dogged today by the same issues that hang as a cloud over them from their beginning. skresy, including skresy about the use of torture, and ledgement si about the charges that have been brought in the commissions. ledgement si questions that would never arise in federal court where the crimes that have been charged are legitimate federal crimes, but do arise when you are talking about charging them as war crimes. so a couple of the issues that are going to arise over the course of this week are how secret -- how skresy rules are prevent says defense lawyers from doing their job from being able to communicate with each other and with their clients, and whether or not the judge will grant a defense request to preserve the cia black sites at which the defendants were tortured overseas. the government says it's not necessary. the reasons the government thinks that's not necessary are secret. they're claiming it's classified, and it's withheld from the public.
so let's talk about guantanamo. the military commissions are dogged today by the same issues that hang as a cloud over them from their beginning. skresy, including skresy about the use of torture, and ledgement si about the charges that have been brought in the commissions. ledgement si questions that would never arise in federal court where the crimes that have been charged are legitimate federal crimes, but do arise when you are talking about charging them as war crimes. so a couple of the...
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guantanamo is. over christmas, i was away and i happened to be at a dinner and a young girl was there, her 13th birthday, her mother introduced us and said tom was the lead lawyer in the guantanamo case before the supreme court and she said, what is guantanamo? she did not know what guantanamo was and i was hurt that she did not know who i was. [laughter] it is more important that it had become the new normal. she said guantanamo was not something on her radar screen. she knew about gun violence. she knew about trafficking of women. she knew about other issues. she even knew some things about the fiscal cliff and the economy but she did not know about guantanamo. it had disappeared. i'm not going to say anything more relevant. guantanamo continues to hurt us around the world. i asked peter if it is an issue in the middle east. does it include people the way people about the united states? sure, it is. it is still a reason that people become extremists. it is just not us. we want to fight trafficking
guantanamo is. over christmas, i was away and i happened to be at a dinner and a young girl was there, her 13th birthday, her mother introduced us and said tom was the lead lawyer in the guantanamo case before the supreme court and she said, what is guantanamo? she did not know what guantanamo was and i was hurt that she did not know who i was. [laughter] it is more important that it had become the new normal. she said guantanamo was not something on her radar screen. she knew about gun...
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over labor day weekend we lost 14 detainees to guantanamo. i also attempted a dialogue with congress. i recognized that if this were valuable and said we need some kind of program to go forward, we needed this option. i was not prepared to tell the president do not worry about this, you'll never need this in the future. i also knew it that the preservation would depend on a whole bunch of factors. one was need. how much more do we know about al qaeda now? how many more human and other intelligence penetrations of al qaeda do we now have compared to where we were in 2002? a lot changed. things that were lawful in one circumstance may not be in another. this had to be america's program. it could not be the cia program or the bush administration's program. there is no success if you are running an on-off switch every two years. i was willing to revamp the program and make it more narrow. it takes it off the table and able to preserve a program that is politically sustainable. that is pretty much what we thought we did. that is the dialogue we ha
over labor day weekend we lost 14 detainees to guantanamo. i also attempted a dialogue with congress. i recognized that if this were valuable and said we need some kind of program to go forward, we needed this option. i was not prepared to tell the president do not worry about this, you'll never need this in the future. i also knew it that the preservation would depend on a whole bunch of factors. one was need. how much more do we know about al qaeda now? how many more human and other...
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them, you go into any level of detail on any one of them, but the big ones are one he hasn't closed guantanamo although we know he is trying to do that and it is congress who blocked him. two that we are still in afghanistan in big numbers. we shall see how quickly we get out there have when he comes one his recommendations for the speed of the drawdown. but there is also this third thing. that the wholesale embrace of the secretive pseudolegal deniable, orwellian means of raining death from the sky all over the world even in places where we're not technically at war and never admitting to it. does president obama appointing john brennan to run the cia mean that he does care about that critique from the left? or is it the opposite? by promoting the architect of the drone program we've got now is this a punch the hippie moment? stha sign he's happy for drone warfare to be his legacy and it's becoming entrenched, it's being promoted, it's not going to change? which is it? joining us now is bill burton. he's former white house deputy secretary for the obama administration. he's co-founder of prio
them, you go into any level of detail on any one of them, but the big ones are one he hasn't closed guantanamo although we know he is trying to do that and it is congress who blocked him. two that we are still in afghanistan in big numbers. we shall see how quickly we get out there have when he comes one his recommendations for the speed of the drawdown. but there is also this third thing. that the wholesale embrace of the secretive pseudolegal deniable, orwellian means of raining death from...
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secret prisons. >> they were transferred to guantanamo under president bush. of the five are the 9/11 suspects whose pretrial hearings continue this weak. in an effort to preserve evidence the men's defense lawyers are seeking to keep the black sites intact to remain exactly as they were when the men were allegedly tortured there. the self-described architect of 9/11 one of the three detainees to be water boarded at the secret sites, you see them there in about 2003 and then more recently in an interest nation tpha tphal led cross picture. what was bizarre this morning is that there does appear to be a third level of monitoring or censorship if you will that blocks the public and reporters from hearing what goes down. there is the judge, a military sensor and now there seems evidence of a third party. one of the central complaints from the aclu and others is these military proceedings especially when they are dealing with the military back sites are far from transparent under the obama administration, bill. bill: thank you, catherine. martha: there is a desper
secret prisons. >> they were transferred to guantanamo under president bush. of the five are the 9/11 suspects whose pretrial hearings continue this weak. in an effort to preserve evidence the men's defense lawyers are seeking to keep the black sites intact to remain exactly as they were when the men were allegedly tortured there. the self-described architect of 9/11 one of the three detainees to be water boarded at the secret sites, you see them there in about 2003 and then more recently...
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disclosing names, and the picture of this one cia officer was found in the jail cell of one of the guantanamo suspects. >> hi, andrea. i'm want here to relitigate john's trial. he pled guilty to one instance of giving the name to a cia operative. many of us who signed the letter believe that this should be put in perspective. john is a cia officer who served very bravely for his country for more than a decade overseas. in some of the most dangerous places of the world. he most notably led the team that went in and captured abu zubada in 2002. the first senior al qaeda figure captured after 9/11. the capture of el zubada was critical to the line of captures that ultimately led to the death of osama bin laden. secondly, there is precedent here for commutation of this offense. four years ago -- scooter libby had leaked the name of a cia officer valley plame to the press. i would say he did it deliberately and i would say maliciously. that did badly damage a cia operational capability. yet, his sentence was commuted. let's put john's situation in some perspective. does the punishment fit the crim
disclosing names, and the picture of this one cia officer was found in the jail cell of one of the guantanamo suspects. >> hi, andrea. i'm want here to relitigate john's trial. he pled guilty to one instance of giving the name to a cia operative. many of us who signed the letter believe that this should be put in perspective. john is a cia officer who served very bravely for his country for more than a decade overseas. in some of the most dangerous places of the world. he most notably led...
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held in afghanistan and guantanamo. he was tortured and constantly interrogated about who were the bosses at al jazeera are. an astounding story of how this man was held and after freed after a 400 day hunger fast. the reason i raise this is when people watch the senate confirmation hearings of john brennan, he's an example of one of the few voices of the voiceless that can describe the reality of what's happening on the ground add guantanamo. this is not just about jeanne brennan. it goes to president obama as well who promised to close it and it's now the fourth anniversary of president obama promising to close it. >> and congress blocked it. congress is implicated in that. that was one of the first executive orders the president signed and the democrats wouldn't vote for it. >> you're right. everyone is implicated here but john brennan, the inner circle of president obama and that goes to the issue of the drone wars as well. >> let me push back for a second and just defend congress and the senate for a moment. back d
held in afghanistan and guantanamo. he was tortured and constantly interrogated about who were the bosses at al jazeera are. an astounding story of how this man was held and after freed after a 400 day hunger fast. the reason i raise this is when people watch the senate confirmation hearings of john brennan, he's an example of one of the few voices of the voiceless that can describe the reality of what's happening on the ground add guantanamo. this is not just about jeanne brennan. it goes to...
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then a discussion on the guantanamo detention facility. >> the fundamental idea here is if you spend time in silicon valley, if you spend time in detroit, where the automobile industry is being rebuilt, if you spent time outside the beltway, you see that america has the potential to generate abundance for its own citizens and for the world. you spend time only inside the beltway, it looks like a zero sum game. it looks like a lose-lose. who will lose the most is the gist is the -- gist of the negotiation. water the lessons of the technology sector? what are the lessons that have come from the optimism in the technology sector? how can they give us some ideas that we can pass it along in washington, d.c.? the other
then a discussion on the guantanamo detention facility. >> the fundamental idea here is if you spend time in silicon valley, if you spend time in detroit, where the automobile industry is being rebuilt, if you spent time outside the beltway, you see that america has the potential to generate abundance for its own citizens and for the world. you spend time only inside the beltway, it looks like a zero sum game. it looks like a lose-lose. who will lose the most is the gist is the -- gist of...
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over labor day weekend we lost 14 detainees to guantanamo. i also attended a dialogue with congress. i recognize that if this were valuable and said we need some kind of program to go forward, we needed this option. i was not prepared to tell the president do not worry about this, you'll never need this in the future. i also knew it that the preservation would depend on a whole bunch of factors. one was in need. how much more do we know about al qaeda now? how many more human and other intelligence penetrations of al qaeda doing now have compared to where we were in 2002. a lot change. things that were lawful and when circumstances they not be in another. this had to be america's program. it cannot be the cia program or the bush administration's program. there is no success if you are running an on-off switch every two years. i was willing to revamp the program and make it more narrow. it takes it off the table and able to preserve a program that is politically sustainable. that is pretty much what we thought we did. that is the dialogue we h
over labor day weekend we lost 14 detainees to guantanamo. i also attended a dialogue with congress. i recognize that if this were valuable and said we need some kind of program to go forward, we needed this option. i was not prepared to tell the president do not worry about this, you'll never need this in the future. i also knew it that the preservation would depend on a whole bunch of factors. one was in need. how much more do we know about al qaeda now? how many more human and other...
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mastermind of the september 11th attacks, khalid sheikh mohammed will be among five terror defendants in a guantanamo bay courtroom. it's the beginning of pretrial hearings. all five defendants face the death penalty if convicted. >>> a nationwide manhunt is under way for the man you see in gray. u.s. marshals say he's a dangerous career criminal. but, look at this. he just walks out of prison. he convinced an inmate who was about to be freed to switch wristbands with him and walked out of a detroit jail. he used the same strategy to escape from a phoenix jail last year. there's that hunt, now, under way. >>> now, a sign of the times at the bookstore this morning. barnes & noble says it's planning to close one-third of its stores in the next decade. all because of increased competition from ebooks. >>> an incredible brush with death. check this out. look at this caught on camera. check out the motorcyclist. the truck tips over. that is a close call. the guy on the bike, just fine. that's not a fun morning. >>> and finally, beyonce -- are you ready for this one? >> yes. yes. >> after firing back from
mastermind of the september 11th attacks, khalid sheikh mohammed will be among five terror defendants in a guantanamo bay courtroom. it's the beginning of pretrial hearings. all five defendants face the death penalty if convicted. >>> a nationwide manhunt is under way for the man you see in gray. u.s. marshals say he's a dangerous career criminal. but, look at this. he just walks out of prison. he convinced an inmate who was about to be freed to switch wristbands with him and walked...
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enhanced interrogation techniques and other sensitive areas, what's going to happen to detainees at guantanamo bay in cuba. the most controversial nominee will be chuck hagel, former republican senator from nebraska, who the president wants him to succeed leon panetta as the next secretary of defense. that confirmation process will begin fairly soon. they've done all the vetting, gone through all the background checks. chuck hagel does have government experience since leaving the senate. he will be in the president's foreign intelligence advisory board as well as on the defense advisory board. defense department's advisory board as it's called. he has been very much involved in these areas, not only there, but also at the atlanta council, a major think tank here in washington and he has been teaching at georgetown university. fairly well known to those of us who have been covering washington for a long time. less well known outside of washington but we're about to learn a lot more, especially during the extensive q & a. here comes the president right now with the entire team, the current membe
enhanced interrogation techniques and other sensitive areas, what's going to happen to detainees at guantanamo bay in cuba. the most controversial nominee will be chuck hagel, former republican senator from nebraska, who the president wants him to succeed leon panetta as the next secretary of defense. that confirmation process will begin fairly soon. they've done all the vetting, gone through all the background checks. chuck hagel does have government experience since leaving the senate. he...
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if they are going to spend it for the soccer field in guantanamo -- i think there are children of the u.s. soldiers that fought over there that could use that money, what they could use the money for their own football field here. i believe that if the enemy is going to be able to watch these hearings, it is not going to be good, because hagel should not be sent into this type of atmosphere and the middle east with so much going on. over there in israel and syria and so forth. hagel obviously has some type of relationship with both kerry and mccain, and we should wish him a successful experience. i don't know what his position was in the uprisings and goings- on that secretary of state hillary clinton did with regard and theenghazi attacke, lightheadedness of the administration prior to the attack, the request for security not being met. i sincerely offer my condolences for the four people lost their lives. host: all right, ken, thank you for calling from phoenix and sharing a bed of your story. in the senate armed services committee hearing room, this is a live picture on your screen
if they are going to spend it for the soccer field in guantanamo -- i think there are children of the u.s. soldiers that fought over there that could use that money, what they could use the money for their own football field here. i believe that if the enemy is going to be able to watch these hearings, it is not going to be good, because hagel should not be sent into this type of atmosphere and the middle east with so much going on. over there in israel and syria and so forth. hagel obviously...
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he has not closed guantanamo hello. but they were trying for 60 years to get health care passed and he did it. don't ask don't tell is not there. the lilly ledbetter act, and even -- and women in the military. i mean this didn't get a lot of play but women in the military serving overseas could not get access to an abortion if they were raped by their -- by their fellow soldiers. this was a huge story that i had been talking to women who will go -- activists who will go into places like chile and other places where abortion is criminalized, that they would get -- the majority of their phone calls were not only from american women but from female soldiers serving overseas that did not have access to abortion. and that changed under this president. >> stephanie: obviously the debate about women in combat has come up. and we were sitting next to senator boxer's daughter and she has a film called the invisible war. but i didn't even know -- one third of military women have been sexually assaulted. roughly twice the civilian
he has not closed guantanamo hello. but they were trying for 60 years to get health care passed and he did it. don't ask don't tell is not there. the lilly ledbetter act, and even -- and women in the military. i mean this didn't get a lot of play but women in the military serving overseas could not get access to an abortion if they were raped by their -- by their fellow soldiers. this was a huge story that i had been talking to women who will go -- activists who will go into places like chile...
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caller: close in guantanamo bay was an interesting one. even though he had support from his party in both houses of congress. that was the one that he was not able to keep. there were enough democrats that was opposed to that. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would ask to address mr. obama's promise that i think drew in so many young voters that he was going to be a great unifyer. he has set up to oppose the country and that basically 51% of american voters were for him. the other 49% of americans that voted for him feel like he is basically sticking his tongue at us and giving us the finger. i feel we were more polarized for us and i feel that as it promised or the broken end of public and to address that. host: as i was talking about earlier, there is a promise to that effect that we do have rating broken. the promise we just to represent that was the pledge to bring both parties together to pass an agenda. as he said, there have not been success set up. it was a robust debate about who is to blame. antwrens of actions. i have not
caller: close in guantanamo bay was an interesting one. even though he had support from his party in both houses of congress. that was the one that he was not able to keep. there were enough democrats that was opposed to that. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would ask to address mr. obama's promise that i think drew in so many young voters that he was going to be a great unifyer. he has set up to oppose the country and that basically 51% of american voters were for him. the other 49% of...
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host: other news, the office working to close guantanamo bay has been closed. this is from "the new york times," yesterday. host: this is from the wall street journal, "boy scouts rethinking gay ban." host: we are talking about immigration reform and enforcement and want to hear your proposals and priorities. bob is the next caller from philadelphia, republican line. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. what really gets me is that they're saying that we have this mess that we have to deal with, but we have this mess because of john mccain, the anti gramm, dick durbin, the people who have been there for decades and of the oath of office, they failed the american people. this is one time where we, the people, democrats and republicans need to come together and flood washington with phone calls and stop this in its tracks. it is we the people in charge, not them with their failed solutions. now they are shutting it down our throats? we need to speak again and let them know that they work for us. this is so disgusting. i am so disgusted with the repu
host: other news, the office working to close guantanamo bay has been closed. this is from "the new york times," yesterday. host: this is from the wall street journal, "boy scouts rethinking gay ban." host: we are talking about immigration reform and enforcement and want to hear your proposals and priorities. bob is the next caller from philadelphia, republican line. caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. what really gets me is that they're saying that we have...
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he wasn't winding down the war as fast as a lot of liberals wanted, he didn't close guantanamo as he had promised, you know, he didn't stand up to the republicans to end the bush era tax cuts as he had promised he would in 2008. there were a lot of reasons for liberals to be a little disappointed with the lack of progress on some of those really vivid issues for them. but we never really saw that in our polling. we would ask liberals how they felt about obama, and we would get strong support almost all the time. and we, one time we even tried to go farther on it, we said, well, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of obama, and all the democrats would say favorable. do you approve of the job he's doing as president, and they would all approve. can you think of anything that obama's done that you've been disappointed with? and they said, nope, nothing. you know, he really had, you know, a level of support within the base that has been very solid. and that's not to say that there weren't disappointments, but again, i think to the extent that they existed, once the republic
he wasn't winding down the war as fast as a lot of liberals wanted, he didn't close guantanamo as he had promised, you know, he didn't stand up to the republicans to end the bush era tax cuts as he had promised he would in 2008. there were a lot of reasons for liberals to be a little disappointed with the lack of progress on some of those really vivid issues for them. but we never really saw that in our polling. we would ask liberals how they felt about obama, and we would get strong support...